Overview

• The Supreme Court injunction halts roughly 2,000 planned layoffs pending a ruling on the administration’s reorganization plan.
• Employees report that morale has plummeted as they work extra hours on evacuation efforts for Americans in the Israel-Iran conflict.
• Staff have been ordered to collect high-quality July Fourth imagery at embassies to support the administration’s public relations push.
• Revised layoff rules allow percentage-based staff cuts rather than targeting performance, prompting legal challenges and internal objections.
• Sixty Democratic lawmakers have formally urged Secretary Rubio to abandon the mass layoff plan to safeguard critical diplomatic capabilities.